La Canada Hit Hard By Mud Flow…Cars Swept Away…30 homes Destroyed

By mid morning Saturday the clean up work was well underway. Many cars had been washed down Ocean View Blvd like a slip and slide at an amusement park. However, this was no laughing matter. The cars were destroyed contributing to an over all vista of absolute chaos…one refered to it as a war zone. The rains surprised all the best minds in weather circles and caught La Canada off guard.

Officials said Saturday afternoon that nine homes in the city were “red-tagged,” meaning that the structures are too damaged for residents to return until major repairs are done.
Laura Olhasso, the city’s mayor, also said that a total of 24 homes were damaged in the city, though fire officials estimated that at least 30 in La Canada were damaged.

Here is a slide show of some of the devastation left by the mud low last night.
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Photos by Terry Miller

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